Cannot Allow Apps to Access Camera/Photos on iPhone 13 Pro

I found a solution after facing the same issue, and none of the other fixes worked for me. (I am on IOS 18.1) Here's what i did and it worked:

1) Go to Settings > Screen Time > Content & Privacy Restrictions > Photos > Allow Changes.

2) After that, delete and reinstall the apps you want to give full access to your camera roll. You should then be prompted to enable photo and camera access.

for me the problem was with Pinterest,Reddit and Instagram.

Hope this helps!

If anyone’s having this problem still, just go to general and scroll down till you find shut down. Once you find shut down click on it and once it turns off all the way turn your phone back on.

(This wont mess up ur phone or anything it’ll just turn your phone off and all you gotta do is turn it on lol) Hope this helps!

LMAO I solved it. You just need to restart your phone. 😭

I found a solution !!! Just restart your phone

It has actually worked, I have iPhone 11

just go to settings > screen time > content and privacy restrictions turn it ON then scroll down you will find photos change it to ALLOW

I Just performed “Reset All Settings” on mine. Hope it helps.

This happened on iPad 8 for me, but I restarted my iPad and it fixed the issue.

Finally! This worked. Everything under Content and Privacy was turned off. I never made this change. For two weeks I have been unable to open photos in Mail, Chrome, Mastodon but could in Instagram, messages, Flickr.

lol all you gotta do is power your phone off then turn it back on💯😭

Hi, I'm having the same problem as OP, and when I follow the instructions above and click on settings > privacy and security > Photos this is the screen I get, which doesn't allow me the opportunity to do anything with permissions.

I also tried resetting location and privacy as suggested, and it's still the same, it just now has my permissions revoked on even more apps.

No sure about anyone else, but this unfortunately did not work for me. I restarted phone, removed app, and added it back, went to settings under privacy and settings, under ‘apps’ and under photos and no way to get the app ‘CleanUp’ to access photos. What’s the point Apple?!

I’m experiencing an issue with photo access permissions on my iPhone 13. After granting apps permission to access my photos, they don’t appear under Settings > Privacy > Photos, and I have no option to enable or disable their access.

Additionally, after reinstalling the affected apps, the Photos access toggle is missing from their individual settings pages.

Steps I’ve Tried:

1. Restarting the phone

2. Resetting privacy settings

3. Uninstalling and reinstalling the affected apps

4. Granting photo access when prompted after reinstalling

Despite these steps, the issue persists. The apps I’ve explicitly allowed to access my photos are not listed under Privacy > Photos, and I can’t t manage their permissions in their settings.

Is there a known fix for this, or could you provide guidance on further troubleshooting steps?

None of this worked for me and I rely on my phone and photos for work! HELP

Hello, I tried this and it still did not work.

Hello! Did you solve it now? I can’t fix mine. Can you help me? Thank you.